30-day Notice

23698

Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 98 / Tuesday, May 23, 2017 / Notices

Dated: May 17, 2017.
Naomi R. Sipple,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2017–10470 Filed 5–22–17; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4191–02–P

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
[Docket No. AB 33 (Sub-No. 282X)]

sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES

Union Pacific Railroad Company—
Discontinuance of Service
Exemption—in Iroquois County, IL
Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP)
has filed a verified notice of exemption
under 49 CFR part 1152 subpart F—
Exempt Abandonments and
Discontinuances of Service to
discontinue service over a 6.03-mile
portion of the Cissna Park Industrial
Lead between milepost 98.20 and
milepost 104.23 at Cissna Park in
Iroquois County, Ill. (the Line). The Line
traverses United States Postal Service
Zip Codes 60924 and 60953.
UP has certified that: (1) no local or
overhead traffic has moved over the
Line for at least two years; (2) there is
no need to reroute any traffic over other
lines; (3) no formal complaint filed by
a user of rail service on the Line (or by
a state or local government entity acting
on behalf of such user) regarding
cessation of service over the Line is
pending either with the Surface
Transportation Board (Board) or with
any U.S. District Court or has been
decided in favor of complainant within
the two-year period; and (4) the
requirements at 49 CFR 1105.12
(newspaper publication) and 49 CFR
1152.50(d)(1) (notice to governmental
agencies) have been met.
As a condition to this exemption, any
employee adversely affected by the
discontinuance of service shall be
protected under Oregon Short Line
Railroad—Abandonment Portion
Goshen Branch Between Firth &
Ammon, in Bingham & Bonneville
Counties, Idaho, 360 I.C.C. 91 (1979). To
address whether this condition
adequately protects affected employees,
a petition for partial revocation under
49 U.S.C. 10502(d) must be filed.
Provided no formal expression of
intent to file an offer of financial
assistance (OFA) to subsidize continued
rail service has been received, this
exemption will be effective on June 21,
2017, unless stayed pending
reconsideration.1 Petitions to stay that
1 Although UP states in its verified notice that the
proposed consummation date of this transaction is
June 19, 2017, this transaction cannot be
consummated until June 21, 2017 (50 days from its
filing date). 49 CFR 1152.50(d)(2).

VerDate Sep<11>2014

21:15 May 22, 2017

Jkt 241001

do not involve environmental issues
and formal expressions of intent to file
an OFA to subsidize continued rail
service under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2) 2
must be filed by June 1, 2017.3 Petitions
to reopen must be filed by June 9, 2017,
with the Surface Transportation Board,
395 E Street SW., Washington, DC
20423–0001.
A copy of any petition filed with the
Board should be sent to Mack H.
Shumate, Jr., Union Pacific Railroad
Company, 101 North Wacker Drive,
Room 1920, Chicago, IL 60606.
If the verified notice contains false or
misleading information, the exemption
is void ab initio.
Board decisions and notices are
available on our Web site at
‘‘WWW.STB.GOV.’’
Decided: May 17, 2017.
By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell,
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2017–10611 Filed 5–22–17; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4915–01–P

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
30-Day Notice of Intent To Seek
Extension of Approval: Information
Collection Activities (Report of Fuel
Cost, Consumption, and Surcharge
Revenue)
Surface Transportation Board.
Notice and request for
comments.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (PRA), the Surface
Transportation Board (STB or Board)
gives notice that it is requesting from
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) an extension of approval for the
collection of the Report of Fuel Cost,
Consumption, and Surcharge Revenue.
The Board previously published a
notice about this collection in the
Federal Register on March 8, 2017. That
notice allowed for a 60-day public
review and comment period. No
comments were received.
DATES: Comments on this information
collection should be submitted by June
22, 2017.
SUMMARY:

2 Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing
fee, which is currently set at $1,700. See 49 CFR
1002.2(f)(25).
3 Because this is a discontinuance proceeding and
not an abandonment, interim trail use/rail banking
and public use conditions are not appropriate.
Because there will be an environmental review
during abandonment, this discontinuance does not
require an environmental review.

PO 00000

Frm 00178

Fmt 4703

Sfmt 4703

Written comments should
be identified as ‘‘Paperwork Reduction
Act Comments, Surface Transportation
Board: Report of Fuel Cost,
Consumption, and Surcharge Revenue.’’
These comments should be directed to
the Office of Management and Budget,
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Attention: Chad Lallemand,
Surface Transportation Board Desk
Officer, by email at oira_submission@
omb.eop.gov; by fax at (202) 395–6974;
or by mail to Room 10235, 725 17th
Street NW., Washington, DC 20503.
Please also direct comments to Chris
Oehrle, PRA Officer, Surface
Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20423–0001, or to pra@
stb.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information regarding this
collection, contact Pedro Ramirez at
(202) 245–0333 or at pedro.ramirez@
stb.gov. Assistance for the hearing
impaired is available through the
Federal Information Relay Service
(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For each
collection, comments are requested
concerning: (1) The accuracy of the
Board’s burden estimates; (2) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information collected; (3) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on the respondents,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, when
appropriate; and (4) whether the
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the Board, including
whether the collection has practical
utility. Submitted comments will be
summarized and included in the
Board’s request for OMB approval.
ADDRESSES:

Description of Collection
Title: Report of Fuel Cost,
Consumption, and Surcharge Revenue
49 CFR 1243.3.
OMB Control Number: 2140–0014.
STB Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension without
change.
Respondents: Class I railroads
(carriers having revenues more than 250
million dollars in 1991 dollars).
Number of Respondents: Seven.
Estimated Time per Response: One
hour.
Frequency: Quarterly.
Total Burden Hours (annually
including all respondents): 28.
Total ‘‘Non-hour Burden’’ Cost: None
identified.
Needs and Uses: Under 49 U.S.C.
10702, the Board has the authority to

E:\FR\FM\23MYN1.SGM

23MYN1

Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 98 / Tuesday, May 23, 2017 / Notices
address the reasonableness of a rail
carrier’s practices. This information
collection brings transparency to the use
of fuel surcharges by Class I carriers and
permits the Board to monitor this
practice. Under 49 CFR 1243.3, the
Board monitors the current fuel
surcharge practices of Class I carriers in
order to provide an overall picture of
the use of fuel surcharges and bring
some transparency to the use of fuel
surcharges by rail carriers. Failure to
collect this information would impede
the Board’s ability to fulfill its statutory
responsibilities. The Board has
authority to collect information about
rail costs and revenues under 49 U.S.C.
11144 and 11145.
Under the PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3521,
a federal agency that conducts or
sponsors a collection of information
must display a currently valid OMB
control number. A collection of
information, which is defined in 44
U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c),
includes agency requirements that
persons submit reports, keep records, or
provide information to the agency, third
parties, or the public. Section 3507(b) of
the PRA requires, concurrent with an
agency’s submitting a collection to OMB
for approval, a 30-day notice and
comment period through publication in
the Federal Register concerning each
proposed collection of information.
Dated: May 17, 2017.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2017–10419 Filed 5–22–17; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4915–01–P

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Request for Comments on Negotiating
Objectives Regarding Modernization of
the North American Free Trade
Agreement With Canada and Mexico
Office of the United States
Trade Representative.
ACTION: Request for comments and
notice of public hearing.
AGENCY:

The United States intends to
commence negotiations with Canada
and Mexico regarding modernization of
the North American Free Trade
Agreement (NAFTA). The NAFTA was
negotiated more than 25 years ago, and,
while our economy and U.S. businesses
have changed considerably over that
period, NAFTA has not. The United
States seeks to support higher-paying
jobs in the United States and to grow the
U.S. economy by improving U.S.
opportunities under NAFTA. Our

sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES

SUMMARY:

VerDate Sep<11>2014

21:15 May 22, 2017

Jkt 241001

specific objectives for this negotiation
will comply with the specific objectives
set forth by Congress in section 102 of
the Bipartisan Congressional Trade
Priorities and Accountability Act of
2015. The Office of the United States
Trade Representative (USTR) is seeking
public comments on matters relevant to
the modernization of NAFTA in order to
inform development of U.S. negotiating
positions.
DATES: If you want to testify at the
hearing, you must provide written
notification and a summary of your
testimony by Monday, June 12, 2017.
Written comments also are due by
Monday, June 12, 2017. A hearing will
be held at 9 a.m. in the Main Hearing
Room of the United States International
Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20436, on Tuesday,
June 27, 2017.
ADDRESSES: You should submit
notifications of intent to testify and
written comments through the Federal
eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments in
part 3 below. For alternatives to on-line
submissions, please contact Yvonne
Jamison, Trade Policy Staff Committee,
at (202) 395–3475.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
procedural questions concerning written
comments or participation in the public
hearing, contact Yvonne Jamison at
(202) 395–3475. Direct all other
questions regarding this notice to Daniel
Watson, Deputy Assistant United States
Trade Representative for North America,
at (202) 395–9587.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Background
The United States commenced
bilateral trade negotiations with Canada
more than 30 years ago, resulting in the
U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement,
which entered into force on January 1,
1989. In 1991, bilateral talks began with
Mexico, which Canada joined. The
NAFTA followed, entering into force on
January 1, 1994. Tariffs were eliminated
progressively and all duties and
quantitative restrictions, with the
exception of those on a limited number
of agricultural products traded with
Canada, were eliminated by 2008.
NAFTA also includes chapters covering
rules of origin, customs procedures,
agriculture and sanitary and
phytosanitary measures, government
procurement, investment, trade in
services, protection of intellectual
property rights, and dispute settlement
procedures. For the full NAFTA text,
please see https://www.nafta-secalena.org/Home/Texts-of-the-

PO 00000

Frm 00179

Fmt 4703

Sfmt 4703

23699

Agreement/North-American-Free-TradeAgreement.
On May 18, 2017, following
consultations with relevant
Congressional committees, the U.S.
Trade Representative informed Congress
that the President intends to commence
negotiations with Canada and Mexico
with respect to the NAFTA.
2. Public Comment and Hearing
To assist USTR as it develops its
negotiating objectives and positions for
the agreement, the Trade Policy Staff
Committee (TPSC) invites interested
persons to submit comments and/or oral
testimony at a public hearing on matters
relevant to the modernization of the
NAFTA. In particular, the TPSC invites
comments addressed to:
(a) General and product-specific
negotiating objectives for Canada and
Mexico in the context of a NAFTA
modernization.
(b) Economic costs and benefits to
U.S. producers and consumers of
removal of any remaining tariffs and
removal or reduction of non-tariff
barriers on articles traded with Canada
and Mexico.
(c) Treatment of specific goods
(described by HTSUS numbers),
including comments on—
(1) Product-specific import or export
interests or barriers,
(2) Experience with particular
measures that should be addressed in
negotiations, and
(3) Addressing any remaining tariffs
on articles traded with Canada,
including ways to address export
priorities and import sensitivities
related to Canada and Mexico in the
context of the NAFTA.
(d) Customs and trade facilitation
issues that should be addressed in the
negotiations.
(e) Appropriate modifications to rules
of origin or origin procedures for
NAFTA qualifying goods.
(f) Any unwarranted sanitary and
phytosanitary measures and technical
barriers to trade imposed by Canada and
Mexico that should be addressed in the
negotiations.
(g) Relevant barriers to trade in
services between the United States and
Canada and Mexico that should be
addressed in the negotiations.
(h) Relevant digital trade issues that
should be addressed in the negotiations.
(i) Relevant trade-related intellectual
property rights issues that should be
addressed in the negotiations.
(j) Relevant investment issues that
should be addressed in the negotiations.
(k) Relevant competition-related
matters that should be addressed in the
negotiations.

E:\FR\FM\23MYN1.SGM

23MYN1